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Welcome to the Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for November 2024!
The MTC is a track building contest hosted by TrackmaniaExchange which challenges you to build a map with a specific theme. Later, all the tracks are rated and a winner is found.
There are no prerequisites or qualification requirements to enter; just read the theme below, hop in your editor, and submit a track before the deadline!

Where I live, we recently got hit by the notorious time wizard known only as "Daylight Savings". Their biannual tomfoolery is not appreciated, but it did inspire this month's theme. Mappers seldom use their own time magic, so show us what you can do with the slow-mo effect.

Theme: Time Warp

• Your map should focus on using the slow-mo effect
  
  • How you use the effect is up to you. Use it as part of the route, as an obstacle to avoid, or perhaps in some other way
• The only hard restriction is that your map must include at least ONE slow-mo block or item
  
  • There are no bonus points or penalties this month

General Rules

• One entry is allowed per user. Multi-author maps count as the single entry for all authors involved
  
• "MTC" must be present in the track name as it appears on TMX. Example: "mtc | 88 mph" or "Relativity - MTC"
  
• All entries must be built using the latest version of the game
  
• All entries must be built specifically for this MTC
  
• Blockmixing, Offgrid mapping, and Embedded Items are allowed
  
• Texture mods are allowed
  
• Royal, Stunt, or Platform tracks and map files too large for servers are not recommended
  
  • While not forbidden, these tracks can't be added to the voting server. They might not get as many votes as normal race maps

If you have any questions or would like to contest a rule, feel free to ask!

Submitting and Deadline

• Submit your course to the MTC mappack before the deadline below
  
• Submissions may be freely updated within the submission period
  
• The earliest deadline for submissions is the end of December 4th. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread
  
• Everyone will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits to their submissions
  
• After this, you may not make any more updates until after the results are published

Prizes

• Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I wasn't around then, but maybe some of you still remember him? )
  
• The winning track will be featured on the TrackmaniaExchange front page!

Judging

• For judging, we will be using a public voting system
  
• A server will be opened for about a week that anyone can play the MTC maps on
  
• Anyone can vote by using the server's karma system
  
• More details on this will be provided in this thread once voting opens

Good luck! If you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread or in Discord! Now then, get to building!

Arkive86 says:
The earliest deadline for submissions is the end of November 4th.

Um...

pjw says:

Arkive86 says:
The earliest deadline for submissions is the end of December 4th. It's always been that date, and there were absolutely no time travel shenanigans involved. Trust me.

Um...

Weird, it looks normal to me.

Whoops, my mistake.

Submissions are officially closed! You still have 24 hours to make any last edits to your maps. Soon after that, voting will begin.

For an MTC all about slowing down, you all sure didn't! We've got 15 maps ready for driving and voting on. Here's how to vote:

Method 1: Room Voting
Nice and easy. Just hop into the MTC room and vote as you play!

• Go to the "MTC" room found in the TM Exchange club
  
• When you're on a map, send one of these vote messages into chat to vote:
  • -- = 1 point (bad)
    
  • - = 2 points
    
  • +- = 3 points
    
  • + = 4 points
    
  • ++ = 5 points (good)
• If you need to change your vote on a map, just send your new vote in chat. Only the most recent vote on each map is recorded
  
• The jukebox and voting are enabled, so feel free to request, extend, and skip maps

Method 2: Google Form Voting
Great if you like taking your time with the maps. This lets you give more detailed votes and even leave comments for the mappers!

• First, go to this form: https://forms.gle/SjnQb68rQ8MDDEtG6
  
• For each map, give a score between 1 (bad) and 5 (good). Decimals are allowed!
  
• If you have comments, add them after your score
  
• Example: 4.2 - Fun route, but boring scenery
  
• If you don't want to vote on a map, simply don't leave a score. You can leave a comment without a score, if you wish

General Voting Info

• Voting will last for at least one week
  
• The map with the highest average rating wins!
  
• Everyone can vote! If you made a map, your vote on your own map WILL be counted (feel free to give it a ++ !)
  
• You do not need to finish a map to vote on it, but please give it your best effort!
  
• You must vote on at least half of the maps for your votes to count
  
• If you liked a map, please leave it an award
  
• If you have any feedback, please leave a comment on the map's page

MTC Hangout Session
On December 10th at 8:00 PM EDT (or 2:00 AM CEST on the 11th), join us in the MTC room as we play through all the maps! This will take around 2 hours, and you're free to pop in whenever and for however long you like. This is a great chance to vote on the maps, or at least try them out. I hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, start driving and get voting!

Dyk when the next MTC will start?

The December MTC has already started, actually! You can find it here: https://trackmania.exchange/s/ft/771

I usually start each month's MTC within the first week, so it basically always overlaps with the voting period of the previous month.